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Thanks guys! I'm doing ok - DH is squeamish about changing the bandage though - you would think this would be no big deal, I had 8 BC related surgeries and he was right in there with drains and all kinds of stuff, but he is being silly. I would do it myself but I can't reach!

naiviv - I had AAA put the spare on but I got four new tires today, so I am good to go!

Nichole, trust what they are doing and be calm about the delays. I ended up in the hospital after the first chemo round (TCH) with an ANC of less than 0.2. :-) They got upset with me when I wandered off to the gift shop with my pole to find some candy. I guess I was bubble girl and wasn't paying much attention, but I wasn't allowed to have all of the gorgeous flowers my friends sent in my room, so I should have connected the dots...

Hang in there SpecialK! I need to stop baking in the sun, but I love it so much.

Ok, so I'm not political, but I think we all should consider signing this petition on pink washing. Did you know with all the NFL does, they don't donate very much? Pinktober kind of bothers me more this year than ever.

http://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/my-health-story/nfl-cheerleader-breast-cancer-survivor-fights-pink-washing/

Thanks for the good wishes! Unfortunately, not sleeping - the bandage is itchy and still uncomfortable despite Vicodin. The good news is that I don't have to be anywhere in the morning, so I can sleep in if I can ever fall asleep, lol!

Pbrain, thanks for sharing that article. I wish more consumers knew that often very little of their money actually goes to the cause they think they are supporting.

ashla - thanks! Today seems a bit better!

goutlaw, fatigue is well known as a SE for Taxol and even Herceptin. Not to mention all the other tx you have had. You also probably have a low red cell count. Not unusual during tx. If its under 10 you probably will be breathless and feel tired and weak. If its bad you need to let your doctor know.

SpecialK hope you got some rest. My DH had that done but his was on his side so he could sleep on his back.

Pbrain thx for the article. Its very informative. I always check how much is actually sent in. At Kohls Department Store they specify that all profits from pink stuff go to ACS. Which is a good place because they work with all kinds of cancer and help people personally. Like the $100 gas card you get for gas to get to your tx.

Saw my medical oncologist today. He was thrilled to see me breathing so easily (me too)! Nice not to take 3 steps and lean against the wall. Was released to have dental repairs. Finally. I was also one of the rare and unusual who had fillings just slide on out from Taxol. He wants me to try Femara again. Hoping the horrid SEs might be due to not breathing well. So agreed. Have felt like crap since my first mastectomy last December.

I am trying to keep a good nature AKA smart mouth sarcastic pissy attitude and maybe a book entitled "And Unfortunately" That is because during my first week of testing a radiation oncologist left a message on my cell telling me the results of my tumor (which I knew) and followed it with "And unfortunately you have metastatic lesions to...". Idiot.

Since I have had a beer (I do not like beer, but have weird cravings for it since cancer. Buy it for attractive labels)-will update on #$%^. His office staff stayed on my team. Had a quilt made for me for chemo. Got a text today he is now into western wear. So a visual. 6'6" Super skinny. Think bones with skin. A western shirt and jeans. Boots. Jeans not long enough so when sitting pull up to show skinny white hairless leg. Is hairless due to lack of on no testesterone. I had him tested and put him on testesterone supplements prior to our marriage or would be a eunich. Then-add a solid colored short sleeved v neck t shirt pulled over the plaid western shirt. For no reason. Testesterone injections lead to acne and increased hair loss. I still have 11 months for the property settlement. My attorney is anxious to start now. I want to wait about 6 months. I want to be as well as possible before I have to do courtroom meetings.

This is a good group. I appreciate the welcome

Susan what kind of ahole leaves that on a message? Geeze.

And really, thanks for that visual. Um really. Yeah thanks. LOL western wrar? White ghost in flannel with a t shirt over sure Spells rugged to me. LOL

Thank you everyone for the welcome! I met with my new Oncologist yesterday and I am thrilled with the choice my surgeon made. The man is wonderful and I left there feeling like my plan was completely mapped out, as well as it could be. I had a question this morning, emailed him saying it wasn't urgent and he got back to me within an hour. I feel very blessed!

My tumor was larger than they thought, 1.1cm vs .7cm, but there was nothing in the nodes. I start chemo on 11/8. Cytoxan and Taxotere with Herceptin (hopefully I spelled them right). I'm reading through all your notes on these and can't tell you how much I'm learning from all of you, thank you!

Hello everyone,

Just had first chemo today. Had appt for 9:15am little computer glitch and started at 11 and was finished by 3pm. Had loading dose of Herceptin next week only 30 min.  No SE's so far. Got home did 2 sinks of dishes, kids home no school today. Made them sandwiches and had a piece too. I was hungry and craving something salty...ate and so far so good. My MO said SE's may take a day or two and she was most concerned with Neulasta SE. said take claritin 800 mg of Advil 1 hour before and gave me pain med in the event I needed and she told me to take it, the pain could be bad.  I get N on Sunday morning.  

I hope you are all well,

Vivian

Yay Miss Vivian for getting your first chemo finished!

Susan, as usual, you are cracking me up! That poor man trying so hard to impress as he ages and wanes. What kind of practice does he have? I sure hope it isn't psychology.

Mom, take B6, tons of it. It is cheap, buy it at the drug store. Since it is a water soluble vitamin, it has no toxicity. I really feel it helped me with the taxol neuropathy. Also, if you can find it, take a few sublingual (under the tongue) B12 tablets each week. Both B6 and B12 are extremely important in the nerve pathways. Plus you may end up with some macrocytic anemia during your chemo and B12 helps to solve that.

Gout, what is your hemoglobin? I got down to 6 during my treatments and I was so out of breath that walking to the parking lot at work did me in. And yet, I had a normal left ventricular ejection fraction on my echo, and happy, pretty breath sounds. So it was just un-oxygenated blood. Moon is right, it can really wipe you out.

Lee, I love your new picture! You look happy and healthy :-) I hope Arizona is treating you well.

Yay Vivian, you go! And Liz, I've had indigestion ever since starting chemo and that was never a problem for me before. I kind of wonder if we get a little dependent on the prilosec they give us in our IV during chemo. I had weekly chemos for 12 weeks, so I got a ton of the stuff. My final chemo was at the end of last February and I still take prilosec to calm things down.

Hi, Ladies, checking in after a year. I'm doing well and had only mild cording this year, for the first time since surgery August 2011. Strange. But I did start exercising more, so maybe that is why. I have no side effects to Tamoxifen. I lost weight. Can't believe SpecialK had another thing to deal with, sorry. Stay well everyone! I had no problems with Herceptin, LizA17. Lago and other Illinois Ladies, great job with the walk and I donated what I could.

SpecialK:  Thinking about you. 

NancyJill glad youve been doing well. SpecialK. Allergies to steristrips? Owie! Not fun. Benedryl here she comes! Goutlaw, my PS never said he couldnt work on me. I am a very large eomen and he has said a few things like I will need the bigger size implants because of my body shape. But he gas never said he wouldnt do something. As a matter of fact the ONLY doctor I know of that DIDNT want to operate on some one I know was, are you ready for this?, A BARIATRIC surgeon. LOL. you cant make things like that up. She wasnt that large either.

Much love to all.